diff --git a/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/include/oniro-packageconfig.inc b/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/include/oniro-packageconfig.inc
index 7748f7e80a2628864f1f8e35036e00810002b917..d499ba7397b3931f0b03e64014e1164a0a177aee 100644
--- a/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/include/oniro-packageconfig.inc
+++ b/meta-oniro-core/conf/distro/include/oniro-packageconfig.inc
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ PACKAGECONFIG:remove:pn-mosquitto = "dlt"
 
 # We use NetworkManager as the default network manager (included in our
 # reference images).
-PACKAGECONFIG:remove:pn-systemd = "networkd"
+PACKAGECONFIG:remove:pn-systemd = "networkd wheel-group"